Sprint Brings new Prepaid Plans, Not to be Confused with Boost or Virgin

Sprint has announced a set of prepaid plans for customers who have no desire to be tied to a lengthy contract. The new Sprint Prepaid is a third, and separate brand, from their Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile brands, so don’t go mixing them up. Sprint Prepaid will include a line up of devices that will be LTE and Spark compatible. The initial device lineup will be the following:

• Samsung Galaxy S4 mini (Sprint Spark enabled) – $349.99
• Samsung Galaxy S3 (4G LTE) – $299.99
• Motorola Moto G (3g) – $99.99

So, ya, a little bit of a choice to be made it sounds like. The good news is Sprint Prepaid customers can participate in the Sprint Buyback program to sell an old device to them for credit towards your account. At launch this option will only be available online. As for the plans;

• Sprint Prepaid Smart – $45 a month for Unlimited Talk and Text. (NO DATA AT ALL)
• Sprint Prepaid Smart Plus – $60 a month for Unlimited talk, text and data.

“Our goal is to respond to customers’ shifting demands by featuring a variety of wireless plans that meet different needs,” said Jeff Hallock, Sprint chief marketing officer. “This new Sprint Prepaid offer allows us to play more competitively in the monthly prepaid space. Prepaid plans are a viable solution for many consumers, and we’re now making these available to people who have an affinity for the Sprint brand, are looking for savings, and desire no-contract options without compromise.”

Seems a bit off kilter to me. Sprint will be launching more Sprint Prepaid Plans and devices over the course of the year.

You can dig in a bit deeper to the Sprint Prepaid at their new landing page.